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> It blows my mind that in this era if your content doesn't require localization efforts why it isn't made universally available ASAP Because shows are distri
by mason55 13y ago
> It blows my mind that in this era if your content doesn't require localization efforts why it isn't made universally available ASAP
Because shows are distributed by different companies in different territories.
In many cases the company that airs the show doesn't produce it. You even have cases where a show airs on one network but another network has digital distribution rights and a third has physical distribution rights, and that's only in the US.
International media rights are an extremely complicated thing and usually each show is negotiated individually.
I work in this space and it's crazy how complicated it can get.
- gnaritas 13y agoAnd this is why the Internet is continuing to eat this industries lunch and why people will continue to simply pirate the content. The old distribution mess is a dying model, distribution is too easy with the Internet today, consumers aren't going to wait for content they want and can easily find online. Consumers don't care about media rights, they care about seeing their show as soon as it comes out.